Serpentinites and serpentinites within a fossil subduction channel: La Corea mélange, eastern Cuba

Serpentinites and serpentinites within a fossil subduction channel: La Corea mélange, eastern Cuba

A variety of metaultramafic (serpentinite) rocks in La Corea mélange, Sierra de Cristal, eastern Cuba, show differences in chemical, textural and mineralogical characteristics demonstrating a variety of protoliths. The mélange originated during the Cretaceous as part of the subduction channel associ...

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Main Authors: I.F. BLANCO QUINTERO, J.A. PROENZA FERNANDEZ, A. GARCÍA CASCO, E. TAULER, S. GALÉ MEDINA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Geociències Barcelona (Geo3BCN), Institut de Diagnosi Ambiental i Estudis de l'Aigua (IDAEA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) 2011-11-01
Series:Geologica Acta
Subjects:
Serpentinite
Subduction Channel
La Corea Mélange
Cuba
Caribbean
Online Access:https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/GEOACTA/article/view/3708

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